Extrication is a series of wall sculptures using vinyl directly on the wall. This series gives a nod to John Cage in the use of controlled accidents. The negative space around a few cut out letters becomes the object, with the wall and shadows that emerge. The sculptures are born in the moment of pulling the material off it’s backing and sculpting directing to the wall, each one temporary, site specific, and impossible to replicate. The process is essential to the piece.
Extrication 1, 2016, vinyl on wall, 13” x 13”
Extrication 2, 2017, vinyl on wall, 12” x 13”
Extrication 5, 2017, vinyl on wall, 13 x 12”
Extrication 6 -BOTW-1, 2019, vinyl and spray paint on wall, 68.25” x 23.5”
Extrication 6 -BOTW-1, (detail)
Extrication 7-BOTW-5, 2019, vinyl on wall, 31.5”x 34.75”
Extrication 6-BOTW-9, 2019, vinyl and spray paint on wall, 55” x 47”
Bottom of the Well, is a series of mixed media works on mulberry paper, shown at Savannah College of Art and Design in the fall of 2019 as an M. A. thesis along with wall sculptures. In the work, “high touch and high tech” converse...creamy natural Japanese mulberry paper contrasts machine made black shiny vinyl fragments, hard edge lines contrast hand painted strokes. Marks are caught between escape and freedom. Elements are hidden in back of the paper, and entrapment and escape is implicit. Alchemy occurs where type no longer has a function but exists only as form.
Bottom of the Well 3, diptych, 2019, vinyl, spray paint and acrylic on mulberry paper, 50” x 37”
Bottom of the Well 2, 2019, acrylic, vinyl and spray paint on mulberry paper, 49” x 37”
Bottom of the Well 4, 2019, vinyl, spray paint and acrylic on paper, 51” x 37”
Bottom of the Well 6, diptych, 2019, vinyl, spray paint and acrylic on mulberry paper, 50” x 37”
Bottom of the Well 7, diptych, 2019, vinyl, linen and acrylic on mulberry paper, 51.75” x 34”
Untitled, 2017, acrylic and vinyl letters on vintage paper, 47.75” x 24”
Untitled, 2017, acrylic and vinyl letters on vintage paper, 47.75” x 24”
Untitled, 2017, acrylic and vinyl letters on vintage paper, 47.75” x 24”
Untitled, 2018. diptych, acrylic on canvas, 40” x 72”
Untitled, 2016, acrylic and oil on canvas, 36” x 36”
Untitled, 2016, acrylic and oil on canvas, 36” x 36”
Untitled, 2018, diptych, acrylic on canvas, 48” X 48”
Nine 3, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”
Nine 1, 2016. acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”
Flight of the Monkey Gods, 2008, oil on canvas, 36” x 36”
Bottom of the Well 8, 2019, acrylic, spray paint and vinyl on paper, 67.5” x 48”
Untitled, 2010, acrylic, vinyl, tape and oil on canvas, 36” x 36”
Untitled, 2016 diptych, metal sign, spray paint, oil paint, tape and and wood, 24” x 36”